Embracing Couple

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The couple are depicted naked with the man firmly grasping his partner's long hair. The woman's head and legs are broken away. The large base, with cyma recta moulding, indicates that this was a subsidiary image from the walls of a temple.

British Museum

London

Title

Embracing Couple

Date

12th C

Medium

sandstone

Measurements

H 50.8 x W (?) x D 23 cm

Accession number

A_1880.235

Work type

Sculpture

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